Sunday, June 15, 2008

I was looking for something simple to make for Sia’s Street Food edition of the Monthly Blog Patrol, and was browsing through some of my favorite blogs when I came across a recipe for Roti John on Nupur's blog. Roti John, I found out, is a popular and much-loved dish sold by hawkers on the streets of Singapore. It is basically a toasted French loaf spread with pan grilled eggs and minced meat, and served with a chilli- ketchup sauce. It sounded a lot like my version of French toast, minus the minced meat.

I followed Nupur's recipe. She uses soy granules as a substitute for the minced meat that the original version calls for.

Method:In a bowl, beat the eggs along with milk and add the soy granules, chillies, onions and salt. Mix well.

Heat the oil in a pan. Slather a generous amount of the egg mixture onto one side of the bread. Pan fry each side till brown and slightly crisp. Repeat for every slice. Serve hot.We had this with some Maggi hot and sweet sauce.

I had some of the egg mixture left over at the end which I used to make something else. I'll save that for another post.

About 2 months after I landed in Singapore, the man in the canteen asked my roomie and I if we wanted Roti John (we were 4 of us who were vegetarians in the entire hostel). Not knowing what it was, we nodded thinking it will be some kind of chapathi. It was such a disappointment and because of that incident, I've never given this a try after that. I saw this on Nupur's blog the other day and was thinking that it was rather interesting... yours looks awesome. Must give it yet another chance :)

Hi..just saw your query on my comment..honestly speaking, yours looks as good as some & better than lots that I have tried here.Some of the most popular Roti joints here kinda makes an omlette with onion & mutton and sandwich it between the bread, squirt some mayo and ketchup on the top & serve but I personally feel that the way you have made will taste better

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